StageWest concludes another successful season

StageWest Community Theatre, Inc. ended its 2014-2015 season with the last performance of “Bedside Manners” by Derek Benfield.

Even though the performances were shortened by one weekend, and opening weekend was Memorial Day, Nancy Kuonen, StageWest’s director of advertising and publicity, said they had “great audiences that enjoyed the play.”

Kuonen said the group thanked all of the sponsors that bought ads, merchants in and around the West Plains that donated merchandise for raffle baskets, all cast and crewmembers and their families “who’s loved ones spent so much time away from them during auditions, rehearsals, and plays. Kuonen said they also thanked all the members and families who helped behind the scenes selling tickets, refreshments, putting up and breaking down sets, and “especially Mike Hartman for the wonderful meals that he catered for our dinner theatres.”

StageWest’s next endeavor is this summer’s Children’s Drama Workshop being offered through the cooperation of the Medical Lake School District. The workshop runs Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. – noon, July 6-17 with two performances on Saturday July 18, at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Children between the ages of 8 and 15 are welcome to sign up.

There is a limit of 30 for the class. Cost is $100 per child. For more information contact Judy Gross at (509) 299-2649 or Deborah Munyon at (509) 979-7559.

StageWest will be having open auditions for the fall play “Anne of Green Gables,” adapted by Peter DeLaurier from the novel by L. M. Montgomery and directed by Kay Byron Pacheco. The cast calls for five girls, two boys, one adult man and three adult women, with auditions taking place Friday June 26, at 6 p.m., Saturday, June 27,at 1 p.m. and Sunday, June 28, at 2 p.m.

Auditions will be at Cheney’s Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 639 Elm St. Rehearsals begin in late August and performances are in October 2015. For more information contact Kay at (509) 235-5742.

Besides “Anne of Green Gables,” other productions in the 2015-2016 season will be “Miracle on 34th Street,” Reader’s Theatre to be performed the first two weekends of December, and “Getting Sara Married” by Dick Kerekes to be performed sometime in spring 2016.

For more information on joining StageWest Community Theatre, Inc. as a performer or as a helper behind the scenes please contact Kathleen Bell at (509) 235-2441.